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"A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason." - GK Chesterton

• throwawaymath 8y ago
  What's the context of this quote? When I search it on Google one of the front page results is actually this HN comment. It's hard to find more information about GK Chesterton's broader point.
  • reitanqild 8y ago
    I guess Chestertons broader point is that avoiding feelings, existing culture etc gives very bad results, exactly like what happened during the French Revolution. Edit: misread the question originally, though it asked about the reason for including it here. Rewrote it to answer the actual question.
  • danielvf 8y ago
    I believe it’s from either the first or second chapter of “Orthodoxy”. It’s on Project Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/130 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/130
  • tim333 8y ago
    Here you go https://apologetics315.com/2013/04/g-k-chesterton-on-arguing-with-the-madman/ https://apologetics315.com/2013/04/g-k-chesterton-on-arguing...
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